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RESOLUTION NO./77
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DOWNEY DESIGNATING THE PURCHASING AGENT
AND THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS TO OPEN
BIDS FOR WORK TO BE DONE PURSUANT TO THE
IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911.
WHEREAS Section 5243 of the Streets and Highways Code
of the State of California provides that bids for doing work
under and pursuant to the Improvement Act of 1911 shall be
delivered to the City Clerk and be opened by the legislative body
in public session unless the legislative body, by resolution,
provides the proposals or bids may be opened, examined and
declared by an officer designated by the Council; and
WHEREAS it is the desire of said City Council that
for all bids submitted under and pursuant to said Improvement
Act of 1911 that the same be opened, examined and declared by
the Purchasing Agent and the Director of Public Works of said.
city;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Downey
does resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. That pursuant to the authority of
Section 5243 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of
California, any bid submitted for the doing of work in
accordance with or under the Improvement Act of 1911 shall in
an open session be publicly opened, examined and declared by
the Purchasing Agent of said city and by,the Director of Public
Works of said city or their authorized representatives.
No such bids shall be opened except at the
public meeting called by the Purchasing Agent and, after such
bids are publicly opened, examined and declared, the results of
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the bidding shall be reported by the Purchasing Agent and the
i Director of Public Works to the City Council at the next
regular meeting of said City Council immediately succeeding the
opening of said bids.
Any notice inviting bids pursuant to said
Improvement Act of 1911 shall state the time and place of the
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public meeting called by said Purchasing Agent and shall set
.forth the Purchasing Agent and the Director of Public Works as
the officers designated to publicly open, examine and declare
such bids.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this resolution.
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Cia Clerk
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Downey at a regular
meeting thereof held on the A''day of , 1957,
by the following vote of the ouncil :
AYES: ,3- Councilmen � ^� R/c"Li-7
NOES: c9 Councilmen
ABSENT: d Councilmen
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